This is a suggested donation. We will offer sliding scale tickets at the door. No one will be turned away!
Miletići: New Music From The Old Country
Tickets $20 suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds!
Miletići: New Music From The Old Country is Sam Miltich's newest musical project. The name Miletići is the plural of Sam and Matthew Miltich's traditional Croatian last name Miletic' and the name of the village where Matthew's father was raised as a child.
This new ensemble focuses on music from Dalmatia, The Balkans, and the broader Eastern and Central European region. The band draws their repertoire from traditional Tamburica (Tamburitza) and Romani Cocek music from the Balkans, Klapa music from Dalmatia, and Jewish Klezmer and traditional Slavic folk songs from Central and Eastern Europe.
The band is composed of Sam Miltich as the leader playing both guitar, tambura, and singing vocals, Matthew Miltich on upright bass and vocals, Mark Kreitzer on mandolin and guitar, and Tony Balluff on clarinet. What sets this ensemble apart from other traditional folk ensembles is that all of the band members are full time jazz musicians. Miletici puts new twists on old music by infusing the band's love of improvisation into traditional music. You might hear traditional Dalmatian Klapa music played with a latin-jazz groove, Klezmer songs played in an American-swing rhythm, or open improvised solo sections on a Romani Cocek from Macedonia. It is this spirit of improvisational exploration that truly sets this ensemble apart.
We hope you will join us and enjoy a new modern take on traditional classics from the eastern half of Europe.
Sam Miltich is a self-taught jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. Sam burst on to the hot club jazz scene in his teens, joining Paul Mehling's Hot Club of San Francisco and touring internationally with the world-renowned Robin Nolan Trio. Sam's fluid and instinctive sound has graced hundreds of stages, from small towns on the Iron Range to New York's Lincoln Center. In addition to fronting his own band, the Clearwater Hot Club, Sam frequently performs solo and has recorded and performed with many of the Twin Cities' top jazz artists. His website is sammiltichmusic.com